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WARNINGS were given back in 2017 that a deadly SARS-like virus could escape from lab in Wuhan set up to study some of the world’s deadliest diseases.
The coronavirus, which is similar to SARS, originated in the city and has now spread across the globe, killing 26 people and infecting at least 800 more.
WUHAN VIROLOGY INSTITUTE
Two researchers working at the National Bio-safety Laboratory in Wuhan
WUHAN VIROLOGY INSTITUTE
The lab has strict rules to prevent any pathogens escaping
As well as Wuhan, the Chinese authorities have quarantined nine other cities in Hubei province with total population of 33 million people as they desperately try to contain the virus.
Scientists outside China were concerned about pathogens escaping from the National Bio-safety Laboratory in Wuhan, Nature reported in 2017.
The SARS virus had already “escaped” several times from a lab in Beijing, according to the article.
The Wuhan lab was the first in China certified to study what are called BSL-4 pathogens, which can cause diseases such as Ebola and is one of 54 around the world.
But Tim Trevan, founder of CHROME Biosafety and Biosecurity Consulting in Damascus, Maryland, told Nature that an open culture is important to keeping BSL-4 labs safe.
He questioned how easy that would be to achieve in China, where he said society emphasises hierarchy.
https://www.google.com.vn/amp/s/www...break-virus-escaping-chinese-lab-warning/amp/
The coronavirus, which is similar to SARS, originated in the city and has now spread across the globe, killing 26 people and infecting at least 800 more.
WUHAN VIROLOGY INSTITUTE
Two researchers working at the National Bio-safety Laboratory in Wuhan
WUHAN VIROLOGY INSTITUTE
The lab has strict rules to prevent any pathogens escaping
As well as Wuhan, the Chinese authorities have quarantined nine other cities in Hubei province with total population of 33 million people as they desperately try to contain the virus.
Scientists outside China were concerned about pathogens escaping from the National Bio-safety Laboratory in Wuhan, Nature reported in 2017.
The SARS virus had already “escaped” several times from a lab in Beijing, according to the article.
The Wuhan lab was the first in China certified to study what are called BSL-4 pathogens, which can cause diseases such as Ebola and is one of 54 around the world.
But Tim Trevan, founder of CHROME Biosafety and Biosecurity Consulting in Damascus, Maryland, told Nature that an open culture is important to keeping BSL-4 labs safe.
He questioned how easy that would be to achieve in China, where he said society emphasises hierarchy.
https://www.google.com.vn/amp/s/www...break-virus-escaping-chinese-lab-warning/amp/